Why in news?

The renewed interest in knowing more about one of the oldest and longest-ruling dynasties in the history of Southern India

Highlights:

• Kalingattuparani is a 12th-century Tamil poem and a war song by Jayamkondar, celebrating the victory of Kulottunga Chola I over the Kalinga king.
• Parani is a type of literature that is written on a king (or a general) who kills a thousand elephants in a war.
• Kalingattuparani depicts the Chola invasion of Kalinga under the command of Karunakara Tondaiman where a thousand elephants are slain